2010 Tomato Roundup Winner and Results

The results are in, and our winner has been chosen. Which tomatoes were star performers, and where did tomatoes fare best in 2010?

The answer are in , and our winner , randomly chosen from the 74 visitors who shared their experience on the2010 Tomato Rounduppost , is MidAR , who garden near Little Rock , Arkansas . Congratulations , MidAR ; you ’ll shortly be receiving a copy ofCooking from the Garden .

Like so many of us , MidAR is an experienced and consecrate gardener . As she says , “ I bonk cooking ! We take off garden here 15 age ago with a couple of raised beds and kept enlarging the garden , which now lie in of 14 enkindle bed enclosed with fence to keep the cervid and bunny from devouring the plants . Herbs include rosemary , Petroselinum crispum , cilantro , oregano , sage , basil , chives and thyme . Our favorite crop are tomatoes and jalapeno peppers . We also grow lady’s-finger , onion , cucumbers , courgette and yellow squash vine , green dome , sugar snap peas , turnip Green , dinero and spinach plant every year . We also have some blackberries . ”

Where did tomatoes fare best?Not everyone who responded posted their placement , but from those who did , you may see what kind of season it was . Tomato growers in New England rebounded from a blight - ridden , cold and wet 2009 in a openhanded fashion , as hot , dry weather made for idealistic tomato plant - rise conditions . On the West Coast , where cool conditions predominate , grower were not so blessed . In the Midwest , the weather was hot and wet , with mixed results for growers . In the Southeast , red-hot , dry weather brought decidedly sundry results .

Which tomato variety were star performers?Among modest multifariousness , Sweet 100 , Sun Gold , and Juliet get high marks . Among the larger varieties , Carmello , Better Boy , and Celebrity performed well for most growers . Taste , of course , is a personal thing , and what pleases one soul may not invoke to another .

The undecomposed love apple for next year ’s garden?So many varieties , so slight space . With closelipped to 800 types to choose from , a gardener has some difficult decisions to make . I generally go with about 3/4 essay and rightful and practice the rest of the space to try out miscellany that take in my eye in the source catalog .

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